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Key takeaways from A Counterintuitive Way to Cheer Up When You’re Down

When you most need to get happier, try giving happiness away.

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prosocial behaviors induce a cognitive dissonance—I feel unhappy, but I am acting happy!—which people resolve subconsciously by feeling happier.
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